Senior Backend Engineer

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Senior Backend Engineer in USA

Verkada
Full time
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USA
08/20/2026
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San Mateo, CA

Responsibilities

Design scalable control planes and data primitives for Verkada products.
Build distributed systems capable of handling high traffic from hundreds of thousands of devices worldwide.
Create new services within a microservices architecture.
Scale Auth, Users, Roles, and Audit capabilities for core products.

Requirements

Bachelor-level degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Software Engineering.
4+ years of relevant industry experience.
Experience building and scaling access systems for millions of users worldwide.
Mastery of at least one of Python or Go.
Experience with relational databases including Postgres and MySQL.
Experience with key-value storage and caching systems including Redis and Memcached.
Experience with distributed queueing using Kafka.
Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
Experience with React, gRPC, and API specifications.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability and willingness to work onsite five days per week.

Benefits

Healthcare programs with employee premiums fully covered under at least one plan and family premiums covered at 80% under all plans.
Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage.
Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account options.
Expanded mental health support.
Paid parental leave and fertility benefits.
Paid holidays, extended firmwide holidays, flexible PTO, and personal sick time.
Professional development stipend.
Fertility stipend.
Wellness and fitness benefits.
Healthy lunches provided daily.
Commuter benefits.
Employment visa sponsorship and sponsorship takeover may be available.
Onsite work five days per week.

Verkada

Verkada builds an integrated, AI-powered platform that revolutionizes cloud-based physical security solutions. Catering to over 30,000 organizations worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies, they simplify safety management with a suite of products including video security, access control, and s...

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